The seat on which a judge sits when trying a cause or pronouncing judgment; a seat of judgment; a tribunal.
1526. Tindale, Rom. xiv. 10. We shall all be brought before the iudgement seate [Wyclif, trone] of Christ.
1596. Dalrymple, trans. Leslie’s Hist. Scot., I. 53. Forfare … quhair is ane Jugement sait and Justice courte haldne.
1604. Drayton, Owl, 341. Th’ ambitious judgment seat I never sought, Where God is sold for coin, the poor for nought.
1819. Shelley, Cenci, III. ii. 24. The soul … which now stands Naked before Heaven’s judgment seat.
1871. Freeman, Norm. Conq., IV. xviii. 105. He was driven from the judgement-seat with scorn.
